MATH 3303.001--Summer II, 1999

Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
Dept. of Computing and Mathematical Sciences
MATH 3303 §001
Spatial Systems
Summer II, 2000

Daily Assignments

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Current Assignments

Date

Assignments. Generally due the next day.

August 9

1. The restaurant problem as given in class. This is described in a handout on Probability. (Yes, it is upside down on the screen, but you can turn the printer upside down to print it correctly.<=; }>.
2. Bring the Test 3 sample to class on August 10. We will have more examples of Graphing and probability questions in class.

August 8

"Bill's Game" has two players. The first, Player 1, or P1, is assigned the set {0,1,2}, and the second, P2 is assigned the set {3,4,5}. Two dice are rolled and the positive difference between the two dice is calculated. The winner is the one whose set contains that number. A roll of a 5 and a 3 has a difference of 2, so the winner is P1. Looking at the 6 by 6 table of all possible outcomes for the game, 24 of them are won by P1 and only 12 are won by P2. So P1 is more likely to win than P2. The exercise is to find subsets of {0,1,2,3,4,5} to assign to P1 and P2 to make their winning the game equally likely.

August 7

Using the same method of modeling, create four different models having the value of -2. Also, create models for the following: 2 - 5 ("2 minus 5) and 2 + -5 (2 plus negative 5"). Yes, the result will be the same, but the models will be different since the operations are different.

August 3

Create graphing setups for the following data. Also, create a graph/chart of the indicated type.
1) 5,7,12,8,6 --Bar Graph
2) 327,343,319,325,349 -- Line Graph
3) 7,8,5,19,38,27,27,32 -- Pie Chart

August 1

0. Reminder: The reports for next week should be on NCTM articles or portions of the Mathematics TEKS Toolkit related to the subject of the class (measurement and probability). All topics must be approved. Duplicate topics will be approved on a first come/first served basis.
1. Writing: Explain how to use the proportionate model for coins to complete a dollar from a given amount.
2. Exercise: Make a proportionate model for paper currency with 1 cm² squares representing $1. Include models for the following bills: $5, $10, $20, $50, $100.

July 29

Writing: Explain how to use a song to keep track of time. You can either consider the entire song or a just a portion of it as the unit.

July 27*

1. Writing: Explain the difference between capacity and volume without reference to an example. Then interpret the explanation in terms of shampoo in a bottle.
2. Use the balances in the Media Center in the library to find the mass of your keys and at least 2 other objects.

July 25

1. Writing: Give two objects as possible real-world capacity units and three things each might appropriately have their capactiy measured with.
2. Exercise: Complete the Unit Conversion worksheet. Also, Find the area of the figure given in class, and show how to create rectangles with identical base and half the height of a given triangle by cutting up examples.

July 24

1. Writing: Explain (in some detail) how sugar cubes might be used as a unit to measure the volume of a macaroni-and-cheese box.
2. Exercise: Choose a real world unit of volume and make 10 volume measurements with it. Also, make a real cone and cut it up to explore the area of the lateral side of the cone.

*No additional assignments were made July 26.

Date	Assignments. Generally due the next day.
August 9	1. The restaurant problem as given in class. This is described in a handout on Probability. (Yes, it is upside down on the screen, but you can turn the printer upside down to print it correctly.<=; }>. 2. Bring the Test 3 sample to class on August 10. We will have more examples of Graphing and probability questions in class.
August 8	"Bill's Game" has two players. The first, Player 1, or P1, is assigned the set {0,1,2}, and the second, P2 is assigned the set {3,4,5}. Two dice are rolled and the positive difference between the two dice is calculated. The winner is the one whose set contains that number. A roll of a 5 and a 3 has a difference of 2, so the winner is P1. Looking at the 6 by 6 table of all possible outcomes for the game, 24 of them are won by P1 and only 12 are won by P2. So P1 is more likely to win than P2. The exercise is to find subsets of {0,1,2,3,4,5} to assign to P1 and P2 to make their winning the game equally likely.
August 7	Using the same method of modeling, create four different models having the value of -2. Also, create models for the following: 2 - 5 ("2 minus 5) and 2 + -5 (2 plus negative 5"). Yes, the result will be the same, but the models will be different since the operations are different.
August 3	Create graphing setups for the following data. Also, create a graph/chart of the indicated type. 1) 5,7,12,8,6 --Bar Graph 2) 327,343,319,325,349 -- Line Graph 3) 7,8,5,19,38,27,27,32 -- Pie Chart
August 1	0. Reminder: The reports for next week should be on NCTM articles or portions of the Mathematics TEKS Toolkit related to the subject of the class (measurement and probability). All topics must be approved. Duplicate topics will be approved on a first come/first served basis. 1. Writing: Explain how to use the proportionate model for coins to complete a dollar from a given amount. 2. Exercise: Make a proportionate model for paper currency with 1 cm² squares representing $1. Include models for the following bills: $5, $10, $20, $50, $100.
July 29	Writing: Explain how to use a song to keep track of time. You can either consider the entire song or a just a portion of it as the unit.
July 27*	1. Writing: Explain the difference between capacity and volume without reference to an example. Then interpret the explanation in terms of shampoo in a bottle. 2. Use the balances in the Media Center in the library to find the mass of your keys and at least 2 other objects.
July 25	1. Writing: Give two objects as possible real-world capacity units and three things each might appropriately have their capactiy measured with. 2. Exercise: Complete the Unit Conversion worksheet. Also, Find the area of the figure given in class, and show how to create rectangles with identical base and half the height of a given triangle by cutting up examples.
July 24	1. Writing: Explain (in some detail) how sugar cubes might be used as a unit to measure the volume of a macaroni-and-cheese box. 2. Exercise: Choose a real world unit of volume and make 10 volume measurements with it. Also, make a real cone and cut it up to explore the area of the lateral side of the cone.

Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi Dept. of Computing and Mathematical Sciences MATH 3303 §001 Spatial Systems Summer II, 2000

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Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
Dept. of Computing and Mathematical Sciences
MATH 3303 §001
Spatial Systems
Summer II, 2000